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Zoom by Rectangle

An example of setting x- and y-scale domains (zooming) by selecting a rectangular region using the mouse. The original question required that it work in tandem with d3.behavior.zoom for panning, hence the checkbox for switching on the “zoom by rectangle” mode.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Zoom by Rectangle</title>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v2.min.js?2.10.1"></script>
<style>
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
.noselect {
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
svg {
font: 10px sans-serif;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
rect {
fill: #ddd;
}
rect.zoom {
stroke: steelblue;
fill-opacity: 0.5;
}
.axis path, .axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #fff;
}
</style>
<p><label for="zoom-rect"><input type="checkbox" id="zoom-rect"> zoom by rectangle</label>
<script>
var margin = {top: 0, right: 12, bottom: 12, left: 36},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 430 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var x = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([-width / 2, width / 2])
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([-height / 2, height / 2])
.range([height, 0]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.orient("bottom")
.tickSize(-height);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left")
.ticks(5)
.tickSize(-width);
var zoom = d3.behavior.zoom().x(x).y(y).on("zoom", refresh);
var zoomRect = false;
d3.select("#zoom-rect").on("change", function() {
zoomRect = this.checked;
});
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")")
.call(zoom)
.append("g")
.on("mousedown", function() {
if (!zoomRect) return;
var e = this,
origin = d3.mouse(e),
rect = svg.append("rect").attr("class", "zoom");
d3.select("body").classed("noselect", true);
origin[0] = Math.max(0, Math.min(width, origin[0]));
origin[1] = Math.max(0, Math.min(height, origin[1]));
d3.select(window)
.on("mousemove.zoomRect", function() {
var m = d3.mouse(e);
m[0] = Math.max(0, Math.min(width, m[0]));
m[1] = Math.max(0, Math.min(height, m[1]));
rect.attr("x", Math.min(origin[0], m[0]))
.attr("y", Math.min(origin[1], m[1]))
.attr("width", Math.abs(m[0] - origin[0]))
.attr("height", Math.abs(m[1] - origin[1]));
})
.on("mouseup.zoomRect", function() {
d3.select(window).on("mousemove.zoomRect", null).on("mouseup.zoomRect", null);
d3.select("body").classed("noselect", false);
var m = d3.mouse(e);
m[0] = Math.max(0, Math.min(width, m[0]));
m[1] = Math.max(0, Math.min(height, m[1]));
if (m[0] !== origin[0] && m[1] !== origin[1]) {
zoom.x(x.domain([origin[0], m[0]].map(x.invert).sort()))
.y(y.domain([origin[1], m[1]].map(y.invert).sort()));
}
rect.remove();
refresh();
}, true);
d3.event.stopPropagation();
});
svg.append("rect")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
function refresh() {
svg.select(".x.axis").call(xAxis);
svg.select(".y.axis").call(yAxis);
}
</script>
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noscript commented Jun 1, 2015

@usamec Thanks for the fix!

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akshayKhot commented Jun 7, 2016

Thank you for this example.
What does the following code means?
.on("mousemove.zoomRect", function() {

I am not aware of this syntax. I tried the docs but not sure what to look for. zoomRect is a boolean variable, what does it mean when we say mousemove.zoomRect ?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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@akshayKhot,
the following command will add an event listener mousemove with a naming/tag zoomRect which is a single string used to differentiate other mousemove events. We use it here to unsubscribe it at the mouseup event !

you can change the zoomRect with foo as long as you are consistent with the unsubscribe call.

.on("mousemove.foo", function() { ... }) // add event listener
.on("mousemove.foo", null) // remove event listener

with regards,

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